Federal judges in Massachusetts and Washington, D.C., on Tuesday struck down a U.S. Department of Education rule that effectively narrowed which public service workers could receive student loan forgiveness, saying the department had issued limitations on qualifying employers outside its rulemaking authority.
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Trump Public Loan Forgiveness Rule Is Unlawful, Judges Find

By Rae Ann Varona

Federal judges in Massachusetts and Washington, D.C., on Tuesday struck down a U.S. Department of Education rule that effectively narrowed which public service workers could receive student loan forgiveness, saying the department had issued limitations on qualifying employers outside its rulemaking authority.

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Justices Will Hear Challenges To Semiautomatic Rifle Bans

By Aaron Keller and Celeste Bott

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday accepted Second Amendment challenges to semiautomatic rifle bans in Cook County, Illinois, and the state of Connecticut, combining two cases to decide whether the Constitution guarantees the right to possess AR-15-style weapons.

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Justices Skip Pork Case Over Alito, Kavanaugh Objections

By Julie Manganis

The U.S. Supreme Court said Tuesday it will not review a challenge to a Massachusetts law restricting the sale of pork produced in tightly confined spaces, though Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Samuel Alito were in favor of hearing the case.

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Meta Social Media Addiction MDL Headed For August Trial

By Hailey Konnath

A California federal judge has mostly denied dueling motions for summary judgment in litigation brought by multiple states claiming Meta intentionally designed its products to be addictive, rejecting Meta's attempts to ditch the case and teeing it up for an August advisory jury trial.

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Analysis

Justices' Birthright Ruling Leaves Little Room For Congress

By Britain Eakin

The U.S. Supreme Court's 5-4 holding Tuesday that President Donald Trump's executive order limiting birthright citizenship is unconstitutional did more than invalidate the policy, it effectively foreclosed Congress from trying to implement the executive order through legislation, experts told Law360.

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Justices Strike Down Trump's Birthright Citizenship Order

By Katie Buehler

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday thwarted President Donald Trump's attempt to limit birthright citizenship to babies born to parents with permanent ties to the United States, finding the 14th Amendment cannot be read that narrowly — a decision dissenting justices fear will jeopardize the country's future.

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POLICY & REGULATION

Brief

ITC Opens Patent Probe Into Chinese Protein Testing Co.

By Jack McLoone

The U.S. International Trade Commission said it has opened an investigation into a U.S. biotechnology company's claim that a Chinese company is importing and selling kits and other technology in the U.S. that infringe patents related to testing the proteins in genomes.

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ENFORCEMENT

DOJ Defends Live Nation Deal As Boosting Competition Sooner

By Bryan Koenig

The Justice Department offered its formal defense of the controversial midtrial settlement that allowed Live Nation to keep its Ticketmaster subsidiary, telling a New York federal judge the deal frees up artists and venues much faster than any remedy state attorneys general could achieve through their jury win.

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LITIGATION

Cannabis Co. Says EEOC Sex Harassment Claims Too Vague

By Mike Curley

Cannabis giant Ascend Wellness Holdings Inc. is urging an Illinois federal court to throw out claims from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging that a class of unnamed women employees faced constant sexual harassment, saying the complaint is too vague for the company to be on notice for what it has to defend against.

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Freight Logistics Co. Misled Investors About Costs, Suit Says

By Sydney Price

Transportation logistics company Hub Group Inc. was hit with an investor's proposed class action in Illinois federal court alleging that the company artificially inflated its share prices by concealing deficient internal controls that caused the company to restate its most significant operating expenses.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Series

Power To The Paralegals: Burnout As A Structural Problem

Law firm leadership can best retain their paralegals not by encouraging self-care, but by seeking top-down structural solutions for the quiet proliferation of responsibilities and the vicarious exposure to client trauma that particularly drive burnout in this vital role, says Erika Sneeringer at Brockstedt Mandalas.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

2 Ex-Clifford Chance Attys Say Firm Wants To Claw Back $6M

By Jake Maher

Two former practice group leaders at Clifford Chance LLP have sued in New York federal court alleging the firm is trying to claw back nearly $6 million in total from the pair after they moved to Sidley Austin LLP early this year.

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Trump Nominates Just Confirmed La. Judge For 5th Circ.

By Courtney Bublé

Judge Anna St. John has been on the federal bench for less than four months, and now she's being put forth for a higher court.

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McCarter Atty Says He Didn't Know NY Law Before $20M Deals

By Brian Steele

A onetime McCarter & English LLP partner in Hartford testified Tuesday that he did not research New York's municipal contracting laws before helping two insurers enter into doomed $20 million loan repayment agreements with a Long Island town, but contended that he was under no obligation to do so.

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NJ Assembly Passes Litigation Funding Disclosure Bill

By Jake Maher

The New Jersey Assembly passed a bill requiring the disclosure of third-party litigation funding arrangements on Tuesday by an overwhelming margin after similar pending legislation in the state Senate received pushback from trial lawyers and litigation finance representatives.

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Apple Gets High Court Review Of Epic Case Sanctions

By Bryan Koenig

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to take up Apple's challenge to a California federal court contempt order against it for violating a ban, won by Epic Games, on company policies that barred app developers from steering users to outside payment options.

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High Court Scraps Caps On Coordinated Campaign Spending

By Katie Buehler and Jeff Overley

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down federal limits on political party spending in coordination with individual candidates, agreeing with a Republican-led challenge that the caps violate the First Amendment.

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Uber, FedEx Slam Pa. Law Firm Counterclaims In RICO Suit

By James Boyle

Philadelphia-based personal injury firm Simon & Simon PC and its founder have failed to support a counterclaim in Pennsylvania federal court saying Uber Technologies Inc. and FedEx Corp. filed a sham litigation and abused the legal process with their ongoing RICO complaint against the firm, the companies argued Monday.

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NY State Bar Wants New Bar Exam Rules For Emergencies

By Kevin Penton

Following two recent incidents that drew scrutiny over their handling, the New York State Bar Association is calling for new standardized protocols to be followed should emergencies occur during the administration of the bar exam.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Balch & Bingham

Blank Rome

Bleichmar Fonti

Brockstedt Mandalas

Burke Burns

Clifford Chance

Cooper & Kirk

Covington & Burling

Cravath Swaine

Duane Morris

Elias Law Group LLP

Faegre Drinker

Fishbein Law Firm

Harris Beach Murtha

Husch Blackwell

Jones Day

Latham & Watkins

Littler Mendelson

McCarter & English

Perkins Coie

Reeves Immigration Law Group

Sidley Austin

Silver Golub

Simon & Simon PC

Sullivan & Cromwell

Wiggin & Dana

Winston Taylor

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

American Civil Liberties Union

American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts

American Civil Liberties Union of New Hampshire

American Immigration Council Inc.

American Immigration Lawyers Association

American Psychiatric Association

Apple Inc.

Ascend Wellness Holdings

Bauer Inc.

Brigham & Women's Hospital

Burke Inc.

Cato Institute

Center for Justice

Coalition Inc.

Competitive Enterprise Institute

Democracy Forward Foundation

Democratic National Committee

Epic Games Inc.

FedEx Corp.

Fordham University

Google LLC

Hamilton Lincoln

Hub Group Inc.

Instagram Inc.

International Legal Finance Association

LinkedIn Corp.

Live Nation Entertainment Inc.

Marriott International Inc.

Meta Platforms Inc.

NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund Inc.

National Council of Nonprofits

National Student Legal Defense Network

New Jersey Association for Justice

New Jersey State Bar Association

New York State Bar Association

Public Citizen Inc.

Second Amendment Foundation

Snap Inc.

StubHub Inc.

TikTok Inc.

Triumph Foods LLC

Uber Technologies Inc.

YouTube Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

California Attorney General's Office

Connecticut Attorney General's Office

Cook County State's Attorney's Office

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Federal Election Commission

International Trade Commission

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

U.S. Department of Education

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Senate

U.S. Sentencing Commission

U.S. Supreme Court